diff --git a/fs/ubifs/budget.c b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
index c8ff0d1..aa433cd 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/budget.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ static int run_gc(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	down_read(&c->commit_sem);
 	lnum = ubifs_garbage_collect(c, 1);
 	up_read(&c->commit_sem);
+	if (c->gc_lnum == -1) {
+		ubifs_err("gc_lnum is -1! ubifs_garbage_collect() returned %d", lnum);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 	if (lnum < 0)
 		return lnum;
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/gc.c b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
index 396f24a..0e78832 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
@@ -807,12 +807,20 @@ int ubifs_garbage_collect(struct ubifs_info *c, int anyway)
 		goto out;
 	}
 out_unlock:
+	if (c->gc_lnum == -1) {
+		ubifs_err("gc_lnum is -1! ubifs_garbage_collect() is returning %d", ret);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&wbuf->io_mutex);
 	return ret;
 
 out:
 	ubifs_assert(ret < 0);
 	ubifs_assert(ret != -ENOSPC && ret != -EAGAIN);
+	if (c->gc_lnum == -1) {
+		ubifs_err("gc_lnum is -1! ubifs_garbage_collect() is returning %d", ret);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 	ubifs_wbuf_sync_nolock(wbuf);
 	ubifs_ro_mode(c, ret);
 	mutex_unlock(&wbuf->io_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index d321bae..44df514 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ again:
 	mutex_unlock(&wbuf->io_mutex);
 
 	lnum = ubifs_garbage_collect(c, 0);
+	if (c->gc_lnum == -1) {
+		ubifs_err("gc_lnum is -1! ubifs_garbage_collect() returned %d", lnum);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 	if (lnum < 0) {
 		err = lnum;
 		if (err != -ENOSPC)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
index daae9e1..3058256 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
@@ -1126,6 +1126,10 @@ int ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	dbg_rcvry("GC'ing LEB %d", lnum);
 	mutex_lock_nested(&wbuf->io_mutex, wbuf->jhead);
 	err = ubifs_garbage_collect_leb(c, &lp);
+	if (c->gc_lnum == -1) {
+		ubifs_err("gc_lnum is -1! ubifs_garbage_collect_leb() returned %d", err);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 	if (err >= 0) {
 		int err2 = ubifs_wbuf_sync_nolock(wbuf);